Armstrong already had an offer to play quarterback at Nebraska, and OSU wasn’t in the market for a QB that year.

“I’m really proud of Freedom”, Gangwish said.

The Huskers, who have suffered both their losses this season on the last play of the game, surrendered two receptions by Martin covering 40 yards to watch the Golden Eagles fly to the NU 40.

With less than 30 seconds to go and the Nebraska Cornhuskers (2-2) leading the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles (2-2) 36-28, he got a clean jump off the snap, pushed and pulled his way around an offensive lineman and blindsided quarterback Nick Mullens, dropping him to the turf of the Nebraska 48-yard line for his second sack of the game.

“Early in the game we didn’t put our best foot forward”, Monken said.

“Our guys never quit, we got a lot of character on our team”, Monken said.

During the second overtime, the Nittany Lions recorded three shot attempts, but were unable to break the 1-1 tie.

The effort from Mullens was not in vain, as Southern Miss held Nebraska to five field goals in the first half. He also had seven carries for 63 yards and a TD.

Nebraska scored 22 unanswered points to open the game against Southern Miss., but then had to hang on for dear life to beat the Golden Eagles 36-28 in Memorial Stadium. “That definitely helped me”, Akinmoladun said. “We’ve got to get smarter on the field”.

In a throwback to it’s running game of the 1990s, the Husker offense made use of the fullback in Saturday’s win over Southern Miss.

“He just continues to grind away, listen to the coaching points, plays within the scheme of things, works on his tools and techniques, and he’s coming along”, Banker said.

Since BYU, he turned it around making eight straight field goals in a row (before a couple of misses against the Eagles). Miami would kick a field goal to get the victory that they were seeking. The over/under for this game is 68 total points. “So whatever time they tell us, that’s a good time”.

Now, some really good teams rack up a lot of penalty yards. Nebraska’s defense has given up 13 plays of 30-plus yards, the third-worst mark in the country. Then it was game on. The Golden Eagles converted the recovery into a 19-yard scoring strike from Mullens to Martin 1:08 later to trim the Nebraska edge to 29-21 with 12:26 left.

The Eagles failed to convert on a fake punt from their 39 on their next possession, and Armstrong ran in from 16 yards untouched four plays later. On the following Golden Eagle drive, Joshua Kalu appeared to intercept a Mullens pass in the end zone. Penn State shifted to a more attacking strategy, outshooting Nebraska 10-1 in the latter period of play.

Brown’s 50-yard field goal to end the first half was a career long, bettering his 49-yard field goal at Miami last week. Meanwhile, the Huskers are led at receiver by Junior Jordan Westerkamp.

“We have to be pleased with winning the game”, Riley said.

Nebraska has needed less than a month to prove how thin the line between a disappointing and a flawless start can be, having lost on the final play of the game twice in three weeks.